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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 shew /ˈʃo/
 (v.)陳列;現出;證明;施與;申訴;看見

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Shew v. t. & i. See Show.

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Shew, n. Show. [Obs. except in shewbread.]
 

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Show v. t. [imp. Showed p. p. Shown or Showed; p. pr. & vb. n. Showing. It is sometimes written shew, shewed, shewn, shewing.]
 1. To exhibit or present to view; to place in sight; to display; -- the thing exhibited being the object, and often with an indirect object denoting the person or thing seeing or beholding; as, to show a house; show your colors; shopkeepers show customers goods (show goods to customers).
    Go thy way, shew thyself to the priest.   --Matt. viii. 4.
 Nor want we skill or art from whence to raise
 Magnificence; and what can heaven show more?   --Milton.
 2. To exhibit to the mental view; to tell; to disclose; to reveal; to make known; as, to show one's designs.
    Shew them the way wherein they must walk.   --Ex. xviii. 20.
    If it please my father to do thee evil, then I will shew it thee, and send thee away.   --1 Sam. xx. 13.
 3. Specifically, to make known the way to (a person); hence, to direct; to guide; to asher; to conduct; as, to show a person into a parlor; to show one to the door.
 4. To make apparent or clear, as by evidence, testimony, or reasoning; to prove; to explain; also, to manifest; to evince; as, to show the truth of a statement; to show the causes of an event.
    I 'll show my duty by my timely care.   --Dryden.
 5. To bestow; to confer; to afford; as, to show favor.
    Shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me.   --Ex. xx. 6.
 To show forth, to manifest; to publish; to proclaim.
 To show his paces, to exhibit the gait, speed, or the like; -- said especially of a horse.
 To show off, to exhibit ostentatiously.
 To show up, to expose. [Colloq.]

From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 shew
      v : establish the validity of something, as by an example,
          explanation or experiment; "The experiment demonstrated
          the instability of the compound"; "The mathematician
          showed the validity of the conjecture" [syn: prove, demonstrate,
           establish, show] [ant: disprove]
      [also: shewn]